Senior Wireless Network Engineer
About The Position
ThinkTek is seeking a Senior Wireless Network Engineer to support a Department of War client at the Pentagon in the National Capital Region. This role provides senior engineering support for a large enterprise wireless environment built on HPE Aruba Networking infrastructure. The work centers on a facility-wide access point life cycle replacement, and extends into helping the customer meet emerging mission requirements. The successful candidate brings depth in routing and switching alongside hands-on Aruba platform experience, has experience in secure facilities, and can translate new operational problems into workable solution architectures.
Requirements
- Active Top Secret security clearance
- 8+ years of network engineering experience, including 5+ years in enterprise wireless
- Hands-on Aruba experience across ArubaOS mobility controllers, access points, ClearPass, and AirWave or Aruba Central
- Demonstrated routing and switching capability, including VLANs, trunking, spanning tree, link aggregation, and subnetting
- Working knowledge of enterprise mobility architectures and the ability to match capabilities to new mission requirements
- Advanced troubleshooting across the wireless and wired stack, including packet-level analysis
- Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure deployments in an operational environment
Nice To Haves
- Current SCI access eligibility or active TS/SCI
- Prior support to DISA, Joint Service Provider, or other DoD enterprise networks, ideally at the Pentagon
- Experience deploying wireless capabilities in secure or classified facilities
- Familiarity with NSA Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) deployments
- CWNA or higher, or Aruba certification such as ACMA, ACMP, ACCA, or ACCP
- Cisco certification such as CCNA or CCNP Enterprise
- DoD 8140 IAT Level II or higher, such as Security+ CE or CISSP
- Familiarity with RMF, STIG compliance, and wireless intrusion detection systems
Responsibilities
- Provide senior engineering support for Aruba wireless infrastructure, including mobility controllers and conductors, access points, and AirWave
- Provide engineering oversight to installation crews replacing access points and cabling throughout the Pentagon
- Plan and execute access point and controller life cycle replacement, including integration, cutover, and rollback
- Support change management and authorized service interruption planning with Government operations staff
- Serve as senior escalation for complex wireless faults, using packet capture, client session analysis, controller diagnostics, and targeted site surveys
- Provide engineering expertise on ClearPass policy design, including 802.1X, EAP-TLS, certificate services, and role-based access enforcement
- Assess emerging requirements and recommend wireless and mobility solution architectures to Government decision makers
- Support cybersecurity compliance, including STIG guidance, vulnerability remediation, and configuration hardening recommendations
- Produce configuration standards, network diagrams, integration and test plans, and as-built records
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- PTO
- a variety of other paid leave options
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
